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David In Indy:
--- Quote from: oilgun on February 25, 2009, 05:31:47 pm --- :laugh:
I know I'm a lapsed Catholic and an Atheist, but I don't think the point of getting ashes on your forehead is to announce your religion to the world. Are people supposed to keep that shit on all day? I can't imagine anyone not cleaning their faces before going to work! I thought it was just another one of those bizarre rituals, this one to remind us that we were made of dust and that we will return to dust.
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Remember the Feast of St. Blaise? We'd all go to Mass and get our throats blessed! ::)
On Ash Wednesday at my school (Catholic) we'd have to leave our ashes on until we got home. Everyone would be walking around school with a black smear on their foreheads. It was a bit comical actually... now that I think about it. :-\
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 25, 2009, 02:49:33 pm ---But what's the point of receiving ashes in the evening when you're just going to go home and go to bed? 8)
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Nice use of a Brokieism Bud! ;D
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: atz75 on February 25, 2009, 05:51:50 pm ---Nice use of a Brokieism Bud! ;D
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I was going to say that too. :)
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote ---I don't think the point of getting ashes on your forehead is to announce your religion to the world.
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No, it isn't. I'm saying that's the only possible reason I could justify running around with dirt on my forehead all day one day six weeks before Easter. Otherwise I find the practice rather silly, especially in view of the Bible reading that tells us we are not supposed to "disfigure our faces" when we fast.
And people, presumably good Catholics, in Philadelphia do run around all day Ash Wednesday with dirt on their foreheads.
--- Quote from: atz75 on February 25, 2009, 05:51:50 pm ---Nice use of a Brokieism Bud! ;D
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--- Quote from: Ellemeno on February 25, 2009, 09:01:07 pm ---I was going to say that too. :)
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Thanks, Amanda and Elle. :)
Jeff Wrangler:
Good morning. Temp. was 29 F when I left home this morning, and I would call it "partly cloudy." Tomorrow the temp. is supposed to go up to near 60 F, :o but it's supposed to rain. :-\ However, these abrupt shifts in the weather are a sure indication that spring is coming. So are the snowdrops that were blooming in my church's garden on Sunday. :D
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